waste
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/weɪst/
🇬🇧
/weɪst/
noun
B1
Using something carelessly so it is lost or destroyed
Leaving the lights on all day is a waste of electricity.
整天開著燈是對電力的浪費。
B1
Not worth spending time or money on something
Watching that movie was a waste of time.
看那部電影是浪費時間。
B1
Things that are thrown away because they are not needed
We need to reduce the amount of waste we produce.
我們需要減少產生的廢物量。
R
Solid or liquid material that the body gets rid of
Animal waste can be used as fertilizer for plants.
動物排泄物可以用作植物的肥料。
R
A large empty area with few people, animals, or plants
The desert is a vast waste of sand and rock.
沙漠是一片廣闊的沙石荒地。
verb
B1
To use more of something than needed
Don't waste water by leaving the tap running.
不要讓水龍頭一直流著浪費水。
B2
To not use something well or fully
He wasted his talent by not practicing enough.
他因為練習不夠而浪費了自己的才能。
R
To give something good where it is not valued
Her advice was wasted on him because he didn't listen.
她的建議對他來說是白費了，因為他沒有聽。
R
To get rid of someone by killing them
The gang wasted their rival in a fight.
那夥人在一場打鬥中幹掉了他們的對手。
R
To defeat someone very badly in a game
Our team wasted the opponents in the final match.
我們隊在決賽中徹底擊敗了對手。
adjective
B1
No longer needed and thrown away
The factory dumps its waste water into the river.
這家工廠將其廢水排入河中。
B1
Not suitable for building or growing things
They built a house on waste land outside the city.
他們在城外的荒地上建了一所房子。
translation
浪費, 不值得, 廢棄物, 排泄物, 荒地
浪費, 未充分利用, 明珠暗投, 幹掉, 完勝
廢棄的, 貧瘠的
詞形變化
3rd Present
wastes
Progressive
wasting
Past
wasted
Perfect
wasted
Plural
wastes